Right on the dot!
Recycling these gadgets can lead to even more problems.
How?
Like this: in my country there was made a law some years ago which requires everyone to return old or faulty electrical gadgets either to a shop or to a special collecting place "for recycling". What was so very strange with this was that it was the importers of such gadgets that were behind this law.
Why?
By doing this they effectively removed ALL used parts from the market, forcing consumers to either buy a new sparepart for high prices, or buy a completely new gadget instead.
But surely many of these gadgets can be repaired and sold again?
No, that was the whole point of this law. Not only are You forbidden to ask for, take or buy any of these broken gadgets and try to repair them (usually there is only a broken fuse or some similar simple fault), but the consortium that takes care of the recycling has the power to allow or reject a company from taking part in the "recycling" scam. Over 95% of the companies that used to live on repairing electronics are now out of business. Not only that; our export-import balance has become completely tilted, and we have a massive foreign debt now. Not that it concerns this recycling consortium in any way, because they get their money both from the consumers who are forced to pay a recycling fee (by law) for every new gadget, and also from the importers, who have never been so well off before. Unfortunately, we have nothing to export to compensate for that, so our taxes are rising like crazy.
So, if a similar scam if being planned in Your country right now, be on Your guard. Demand that repairing of gadgets is allowed, by whomever wants to repair. Otherwise it will take about six years for Your country's economy to be ruined too. Unfortunately I can't tell You which country this is because there may be repercussions, but it is a western european country.
